Dusty Baker Will Reportedly Interview for Astros Manager Job

The Houston Astros don't seem content with interim manager Joe Espada as AJ Hinch's long-term replacement, so they're on the hunt for a different kind of solution.

Right on cue, Dusty Baker, who last managed the Washington Nationals in 2017, is next on the list of candidates that Houston will interview for the top job in the wake of their sign-stealing scandal reaching a fever pitch.

Baker is also a candidate for the the New York Mets, whop need to find a replacement for the similarly scandalized Carlos Beltran. Earlier in the offseason, he interviewed with the Phillies before they eventually nabbed Joe Girardi.

Baker has won 53% of his games in his 22 years as a big league manager, but he has been criticized by new-school thinkers as being too archaic in his ways.

Baker plays veterans over prospects on teams out of the playoffs to "preserve the integrity of the playoff race." He stated that simply getting men on base is "unimportant" and qualifies as "clogging up the bases."

Worst of all, he's made the World Series just one team in his 22 years -- the 2002 San Francisco Giants -- and he lost.

Moving from the Hinch to a man 25 years his senior in Baker would mark a significant change in organizational philosophy, but in these trying times, a steady veteran hand could be exactly what Houston needs to calm things down and get back to basics.